Scenic 4% acre city lot with home and water right
Four percent acre parcel inside city limits includes house barn and outbuildings. Water right attached. Described as a very sightly location for a home.
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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1907
Page
3
Four percent acre parcel inside city limits includes house barn and outbuildings. Water right attached. Described as a very sightly location for a home.
Loop Loop ranchers prepare a petition to the reclamation service to create a second project in Okanogan County spanning about 6000 acres between Okanogan and Ophir. It would conserve Loop Loop creek waters using Leader Spaulding and Buzzard lakes as reservoirs amid tight funds and a pause on new state projects.
The steamer Enterprise commanded by Capt. C. C. Griggs opened navigation for 1907 on the Okanogan river last Sunday, delivering freight from Brewster. With sufficient water she ascended to Big Side and will run daily to Okanogan, while larger boats wait for higher flows. Jim Gard, long in charge at Chelan Falls, starts similar duties at Okanogan after arriving last Saturday.
Weekly list of transfers from Chelan County Abstract Co shows numerous property trades. Notable movements include Mary Ralston to W J Gull for parcel S12 T24 R17 at 75 dollars and N P Ry Co to C E Morse for 480 acres at 240 dollars. Others involve Wenatchee replats and additions with sums ranging from 1 to 3800 dollars.
W H Dible transfers to W E Tomlinson Garden Home addition Wenatchee lot 10 block 2 for 1000 dollars. Q E Hayden transfers to W T Zwick 33 T 23 R 20 strip for 109 dollars. Carry C Townsend transfers to O A eee all lands west shore Lake Chelan in lots 2 3 4 8. Amos Edmunds transfers to M E Lies parcels 5 5 4 3 T 27 R 23 and T 23 R 21 totaling 5700 dollars.
A collection of legal notices including mining contracts, power of attorney transfers, liens, real estate assignments, conditional sales, water appropriations, and corporate capital changes centered on Wenatchee and surrounding towns. Highlights include a lien on lots in G N plat Wenatchee, improvements in Freer Department Store branding, water rights assignments, and bank capital stock increase.
In probate estate of Ethel Stockton deceased petition for appointment of Raymond C Stockton as administrator. Civil actions include Capital City Nursery Co vs A F Frantz for 159.75 debt. Columbia Valley Bank vs Wenatchee Planing Mills Co and Judson H Cornish for 24550 and appointment of receiver. Continental Distributing Co vs John C Hathaway for 195 debt. Bruce A Griggs vs Rozei for divorce with divorce granted April 22 1907.
A Venetian noble named Charles Magnes commissions Paul Veronese to paint his life story. The work comprises eight vellum pages each with three central pictures and ten smaller ones, all inscribed to recount the notable scenes of his life.
A fragmentary quote from the Washington Star notes Miss Cayenne refuses to read books, saying reading would interfere with constant study of ad credits necessary to be well informed.
In a Asheville newspaper excerpt, Brother Williams defines faith as the faculty that can turn a sawmill into a hallelujah for angels, and he calls hope the faculty that keeps you seeking what you never obtain.
A brief Cleveland Press remark questions a man’s potential as a national poet, noting he has the talent but not the desire to pursue prominence. The quip hints at unfulfilled literary promise and public recognition.
An observer notes that men sometimes walk well but all should improve, while women are described as a despair with shuffles strides and waddles. The remarks reflect dated judgments on gendered movement in public spaces.
A young western city lawyer, hired by a businessman to shield him from a $25,000 claim, succeeds in making the client judgment proof and pockets a fat fee. He then seeks the hand of a fair maiden, but her father reveals a $25,600 debt from the same unscrupulous lawyer, exposing the scheme. The suitor explains all and wins the girl.
An audience wonder why musicians arrive early and wait to play. The orchestra leader explains they gauge the house temperature to tune accurately. Instruments left in the music room would go flat when brought to the stage atmosphere, so players warm up upstairs to let violins adjust to the hall air.
A vivid description portrays a weasel stalking a rabbit with relentless patience and fearlessness. The rabbit, aware of the danger, makes a rare long sprint but often fails. The creature’s venal, bloodsucking precision ends in the rabbit’s collapse as the predator drains its life.
Diary remarks by Lady Morgan describe Daniel O'Connell as mild and silent in private life yet intensely active in public affairs. Lord Clanricarde recalls O'Connell meeting clients at Iris Hall before rushing to law courts, the improvement society, and a powerful speech to Mr. La Touche, shaping a volatile public image.
Epitaph notes Louis Caldy, Esq., born in Montpellier France, fled revocation of the edict, died in Jamaica where an earthquake swallowed him in 1092. He was saved by a second quake, cast into the sea, and survived forty years afterward.
Two beggars describe a con where ringing both apartment bells at once yields simultaneous doors. The tactic ensures attention from two women on the ground floor, who rush to outdo each other in offering help. The quote attributed to Legende Blatter notes the method’s simplicity and outcome.
A quirky exchange notes a barber’s shop hung with sacred pictures to help customers call on all the saints while he shaves them. The scene plays with humor over a village barber.
A note in the Yonkers Statesman recalls a backstage moment during a performance where the orchestra leader and stage manager watched a dancer tackle nerves. The lead performer, aiming for precision, spotted a mouse in the wings just as she reached her mark.
A humorous exchange notes Mrs. Dust refusing to switch grocers after a quarrel between the cook and delivery boy. The quip ends with a joke about France having the best highways while Russia and Spain are worst.
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